Biography
James Wong Howe, ASC was a Chinese-born American cinematographer and film director, who worked on over 130 films during the Golden Age of Hollywood and well into the 1970s. During the 1930s and 1940s, he was one of the most sought after cinematographers in Hollywood due to his innovative filming techniques. Howe was known as a master of the use of shadow and one of the first to use deep-focus cinematography.
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Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Cinematography, Black-and-White · 1964
- Academy Award — Best Cinematography, Black-and-White · 1956
- Academy Award — Best Cinematography · 1976 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Cinematography, Black-and-White · 1967 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Cinematography, Black-and-White · 1964 · nominated
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- Academy Award — Best Cinematography, Color · 1959 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Cinematography, Black-and-White · 1956 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Cinematography, Black-and-White · 1944 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Cinematography, Black-and-White · 1943 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Cinematography, Black-and-White · 1941 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Cinematography · 1939 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Sweet Smell of Success
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Prisoner of Zenda
The Thin Man
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
Seconds
Hud
Come Back, Little Sheba
My Reputation
Kings Row
Fantasia
He Ran All the Way
Hombre
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Manhattan Melodrama
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
The Strawberry Blonde
Torrid Zone
Shanghai Express
The Rose Tattoo
Hangmen Also Die!
City for Conquest
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Peter Pan
The Dick Cavett Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
Objective, Burma!
Under the Red Robe
The Baron of Arizona
Body and Soul
Bell Book and Candle
Pursued
Passage to Marseille
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
This Property Is Condemned
The Glory Guys
The Old Man and the Sea
Air Force
Picnic
The Molly Maguires
Out of the Fog
Daughters Courageous
They Made Me a Criminal
Algiers
Behave Yourself!
Nora Prentiss
Fire Over England
Mark of the Vampire
The Time of Your Life
The Criminal Code